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Boris Berezovsky pleaded with Vladimir Putin to keep control of his media
empire after incurring the wrath of the new Russian President in 2000, a
court was told yesterday.

Mr Berezovsky, once the most influential oligarch, was left powerless and
“emotional” after being told that he was being stripped of control of ORT,
one of Russia’s top television channels, when its coverage offended the
Kremlin, Mr Putin’s former chief of staff told the Commercial Court in
London.

The meeting in August 2000 is crucial to Mr Berezovsky’s $6 billion (£3.8
billion) case against Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Football

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